CSU SATELLITE FOR A.V. TO BE STUDIED.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer California State University Enrollment  officials will conduct a study on the
needs for upper-division college courses as the first step toward the
establishment of a satellite CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. Bakersfield campus in Lancaster. Officials for the state university system's Chancellor's Office made a commitment to hiring a consultant in the next two weeks to do the study, but there is no timetable set for when it will be completed. ``I'm quite confident it'll show a need for upper-division courses, particularly in liberal arts, engineering, education and possibly social work,'' said Linda Spink, president of Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . The study is estimated to cost $30,000, which would be split equally among CSU Bakersfield, Antelope Valley College and the Chancellor's Office. CSUB CSUB California State University, Bakersfield CSUB WESTPAC Fleet Submarine Broadcast CSUB California State University Band wants to establish a $3.5 million, 10,000-square-foot facility at which students in the Antelope Valley would be linked by two-way video with instructors in Bakersfield. Antelope Valley College has offered land for the building. The satellite CSUB campus could be a steppingstone step·ping·stone n. 1. A stone that provides a place to step, as in crossing a stream. 2. An advantageous position for advancement toward a goal. to a long-sought four-year college. Antelope Valley officials have sought a four-year college for a number of years, the most serious effort coming in 1990 when the region tried to get the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). to select the Antelope Valley for a future campus. That effort died when the UC system ran out of money to develop new campuses, said Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts. ``A Cal State University could be successful here,'' Roberts said. Roberts and Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford said they would go to their respective councils to see if they could help fund the study. |
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